On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:54 AM, Lóránd Erik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why doesn't .htaccess rules work, when i example write this in it: > > AuthUserFile /home/username/.htpasswd > AuthGroupFile /dev/null > AuthName "Private Area" > AuthType Basic > <Limit GET POST> > require valid-user > </Limit> > > i just want to secure a folder by password, on apache2 [i just installed it, > it works, but i can still see the folder, and it doesn't ask for password, i > have .htpasswd in username/.htpasswd] > > what am i missing?
A lot. There's more to password protection in Apache than simply dropping a .htaccess file in a directory. This is way, way OT, btw, but what you almost certainly need to do is to AllowOverrideAll for your directory before Apache will allow it to have control over access. It's all in the documentation. Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]